TY - BOOK ID - 77860665 TI - Obstinate Hebrews : representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815 PY - 2003 SN - 128235695X 9786612356957 0520929357 1597347809 9780520929357 1417525606 9781417525607 9781597347808 0520235576 9780520235571 9781282356955 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Jews KW - French literature KW - Jews in literature. KW - Public opinion KW - Hebrews KW - Israelites KW - Jewish people KW - Jewry KW - Judaic people KW - Judaists KW - Ethnology KW - Religious adherents KW - Semites KW - Judaism KW - Opinion, Public KW - Perception, Public KW - Popular opinion KW - Public perception KW - Public perceptions KW - Judgment KW - Social psychology KW - Attitude (Psychology) KW - Focus groups KW - Reputation KW - Social conditions KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - Public opinion. KW - Identity. KW - Napoleon KW - Bonapart, Napoleon, KW - Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana, KW - Bonaparte, Napoleão, KW - Bonaparte, Napoleon, KW - Bonaparte, Napoleone, KW - Bonaparṭeh, Napolyon, KW - Buonaparte, Napoleon, KW - Na-pʻo-lun, KW - Nābuliyūn, KW - Napoleone KW - Napʻolleong, KW - Napolun, KW - נפוליאון KW - נפוליאון, KW - نابليون KW - بونابرت، نابليون، KW - Būnābart, Nābuliyūn, KW - Relations with Jews. KW - France KW - Ethnic relations. KW - Napoléon KW - Bonaparte, Napoléon KW - Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana KW - Bonaparte, Napoleão KW - Bonaparte, Napoleon KW - Bonaparte, Napoleone KW - Buonaparte, Napoleon KW - Na-pʻo-lun KW - Napolun KW - Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821 -- Relations with Jews.. KW - Jews -- France -- Identity.. KW - Jews -- Public opinion.. KW - Public opinion -- France -- History -- 18th century.. KW - Public opinion -- France -- History -- 19th century.. KW - Jews in literature.. KW - French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. KW - acculturation. KW - alienation. KW - antisemitism. KW - assimilation. KW - belonging. KW - citizenship. KW - cultural appropriation. KW - cultural theory. KW - discrimination. KW - enlightenment. KW - europe. KW - exile. KW - feminism. KW - france. KW - french history. KW - french jews. KW - french revolution. KW - gender. KW - homeland. KW - human nature. KW - indigenous people. KW - intolerance. KW - jewish history. KW - jewish population. KW - jewish question. KW - judaica. KW - judaism. KW - national identity. KW - native americans. KW - nonfiction. KW - othering. KW - politics. KW - prejudice. KW - racism. KW - religion. KW - religious difference. KW - social body. KW - social issues. KW - tradition. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77860665 AB - Enlightenment writers, revolutionaries, and even Napoleon discussed and wrote about France's tiny Jewish population at great length. Why was there so much thinking about Jews when they were a minority of less than one percent and had little economic and virtually no political power? In this unusually wide-ranging study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France-both by Gentiles and Jews themselves-Ronald Schechter offers fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, on Jewish history, and on the nature of racism and intolerance. Informed by the latest historical scholarship and by the insights of cultural theory, Obstinate Hebrews is a fascinating tale of cultural appropriation cast in the light of modern society's preoccupation with the "other." Schechter argues that the French paid attention to the Jews because thinking about the Jews helped them reflect on general issues of the day. These included the role of tradition in religion, the perfectibility of human nature, national identity, and the nature of citizenship. In a conclusion comparing and contrasting the "Jewish question" in France with discourses about women, blacks, and Native Americans, Schechter provocatively widens his inquiry, calling for a more historically precise approach to these important questions of difference. ER -